UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5278

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-5278
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5278.json
JSON Data
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Upstream
Published
2025-05-27T21:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T05:16:33Z
Severity
  • 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in GNU Coreutils. The sort utility's begfield() function is vulnerable to a heap buffer under-read. The program may access memory outside the allocated buffer if a user runs a crafted command using the traditional key format. A malicious input could lead to a crash or leak sensitive data.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS

coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils@8.21-1ubuntu5.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.20-3ubuntu5
8.21-1ubuntu3
8.21-1ubuntu4
8.21-1ubuntu5
8.21-1ubuntu5.1
8.21-1ubuntu5.3
8.21-1ubuntu5.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.21-1ubuntu5.4",
            "binary_name": "coreutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.21-1ubuntu5.4",
            "binary_name": "mktemp"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Only results in a crash in a command-line tool"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils@8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.23-4ubuntu2
8.25-2ubuntu2
8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04",
            "binary_name": "coreutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04",
            "binary_name": "mktemp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04",
            "binary_name": "realpath"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Only results in a crash in a command-line tool"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils@8.28-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.26-3ubuntu4
8.28-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.28-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "coreutils"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Only results in a crash in a command-line tool"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils@8.30-3ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.30-3ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.30-3ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "coreutils"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Only results in a crash in a command-line tool"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils@8.32-4.1ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.32-4ubuntu2
8.32-4ubuntu3
8.32-4.1ubuntu1
8.32-4.1ubuntu1.1
8.32-4.1ubuntu1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.32-4.1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "coreutils"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Only results in a crash in a command-line tool"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils@9.4-3ubuntu6.1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.1-1ubuntu2
9.4-2ubuntu1
9.4-2ubuntu2
9.4-2ubuntu3
9.4-2ubuntu4
9.4-3ubuntu3
9.4-3ubuntu5
9.4-3ubuntu6
9.4-3ubuntu6.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.4-3ubuntu6.1",
            "binary_name": "coreutils"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Only results in a crash in a command-line tool"
}

Ubuntu:25.04

coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils@9.5-1ubuntu1.25.04.2?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.4-3.1ubuntu1
9.5-1ubuntu1
9.5-1ubuntu1.25.04.1
9.5-1ubuntu1.25.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5-1ubuntu1.25.04.2",
            "binary_name": "coreutils"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Only results in a crash in a command-line tool"
}

Ubuntu:25.10

coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils@9.5-1ubuntu4?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.5-1ubuntu1
9.5-1ubuntu1.25.10.1
9.5-1ubuntu2
9.5-1ubuntu3
9.5-1ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5-1ubuntu4",
            "binary_name": "gnu-coreutils"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Only results in a crash in a command-line tool"
}